Due to the COVID-19 Pandemy evolution in the World, there are not any guarantees that the situation in Latvia and Lithuania will be suitable for the Peribaltic Group Field Symposium (Peribaltic-2020) organization on 4-10 October 2020. The Organizing Committee adopted a decision to postpone the Peribaltic-2020 Symposium to 8-14 May 2021 (a new name of the Symposium: Peribaltic-2021).

The same registration fee for all the participants and accompanying persons, as well as abstracts and applications to make oral and poster presentations, are valid. There are any essential changes in the composition of Organizing Committee, Symposium Programme, Field Excursion schedule and other logistics.

 For more detailed information, please contact to Symposium Secretary Aldona Damušytė, e-mail: aldona.damusyte@lgt.lt, phone +370 686 17518 (parallel contact in-extra case: Albertas Bitinas; e-mail: albertas.bitinas@gamtc.lt; phone +370 687 80826).

The field symposium will be held along the Eastern Baltic coast – from Kolkas Rags (Western Latvia) to Ventės Ragas (Western Lithuania). The Symposium will be focus on different topics of Quaternary geology: glacial geology, stratigraphy, palaeogeography, glaciotectonics, palaeoseismology, the Baltic Sea evolution and related glacio-isostatic rebound, peculiarities of the Curonian Spit development (aeolian processes, palesols, dune tectonics), the human influence to the recent geological and related environmental processes (global warming, sea level changes, coastal erosion, etc.). The Symposium will consist of one-day conference (oral and poster presentations) and four days of field excursions.

The potential participants are kindly invited to fill in the registration form and return via e-mail before the 20th of December 2019 to secretary of the Symposium Aldona Damušytė (e-mail: aldona.damusyte@lgt.lt). The preliminary registration fee will be about 470-500 EUR and will cover transportation, accommodation, full board, and conference materials. The final fee, as well as possible discount for PhD students, depends on the total number of participants and financial support of potential sponsors. Please note that the registration fee does not cover any health insurance, also travel cost and extra accommodation before and after Symposium. A number of participants is limited, so the earliest registrants will have a priority.

Colleagues are invited to submit abstracts relevant to the topics of the Symposium. The abstracts will be published in special Symposium volume along the excursion guide. One abstract should not exceed 2 pages (A4, TNR, 12 pt, single line spacing), including figures (jpg) and references. Manuscripts relevant to the topic of the Symposium could be published later in the international journal of geosciences Baltica; publication of the Symposium material in the SI of the Quaternary International is also available.

More detailed information about Symposium will be given in the second circular to those who will preliminarily register. Official invitations needed to get a visa will be sent on your request. Please take an attention that due to increased illness of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), the timely vaccination of participants is highly recommended. For any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact to Symposium secretary Aldona Damušytė (parallel contact in-extra case: Albertas Bitinas; albertas.bitinas@gamtc.lt; phone +370 687 80826).

Albertas Bitinas, Miglė Stančikaitė, Vaida Šeirienė (Nature Research Centre), Aldona Damušytė (Lithuanian Geological Survey), Māris Nartišs, Kristaps Lamsters (University of Latvia).

Download the circulars here:

http://inqua.org/media/uploads/Peribaltic_2020_Third_announcement.pdf